Household tool



May 14, 1929. J. c. FORSTER HOUSEHOLD TOOL Filed Aug. 8, 1924 lA/VE/VTUR FIELE.

WI TNESSES l aterited May ld,

PATENT Ul 'FltZT...

JOHN C. liOJEtlETlElR, 01E PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA,

HOUSEHOLD TOOL.

application filed August 8, 1924. Serial No. 73.0,ll.

This invention relates to household tools and more pzuticularly to an improrenmnt ever the combination household tool disclosed in Patent No. 970,206 granted to me on September 13, 1910.

The tool disclosed in the said patent includes a can opener having; a cutting blade attached to a carrier which slidably mounted on a supportingmember.

fin object of this invention is to improve, simplify and cheapen the construction ot the tool covered by said patent but at the same time to retain all the advantageous "features of said tool.

it further obj eet is to provide a can opener which will be simple and cheap to manufacture, rugged in construction and positive in operation.

These and other objects which will be apparent to those skilled in this particular art, are attained by means of the apparatus ll.- lustrated, oneembodiment of which is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a top plan view oi? a household tool having a can-opener blade embodylnp' this invention; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section. thereof; 3 is a bottom plan view; and Fig 4t a cross-section on. the line 4+4: oi Tip. 2, showing the cutting blade and carrier in elevation.

The form of tool disclosed in the above mentioned patent includes a slotted sujgiport on which is slidably mounted a blade carrier. The cutting blade is formed separate iv and is secured to the carrier so as to prodownwardly through the slot oil the supporting member. Siuch a construction 1s not only costly but is to some extent ob ectioimble because the knife is liable to become loose on the carrier, and is not as durable in operation as could be desired. The present invention is intended to materially cheapen the cost of manufacture of this tool and at the same time provide a more rugged construction and thus increase the durability and usefulness oil the tool. This is done bv rmeonstructing the knife so as to avoid the nec ssity of employing; a separately tormed carrier. As shown, the knife is so formed that it projects through the slot of the supporting member and forms a cutting blade on one side and a top litter on the other.

.lhe illustrated embodime ti at my inveu tion includes a household tool which is provided with a slotted. supporting member 5 which forms both a handle for the tool and a support for the can cutting blade. The blade 6 is slidably mounted. in the slot i' of the supporting member and projects outwardly on one side thereoi at a right angle. Shoulders 8 and 9 are formed adjacent a narrow neck 10 and in conjunction with the body portion 11 oi the blade, provide grooves 12 and 13 for receiving the edges of the slot 7. The body ll bent at a right angle to the cutting section of the blade and is slidable along, the opposite side oi the supporting,' member 5, between the upturned flanges 14: and 15. The blade is held in the slot by a rivet 16 which is secured to the body portion and extends through. the slot. The end of the blade opposite-the cutting! section is bent at a right angle to the body section and terms a handle 17 for moving the blade to the desired position in the slot. The top of the handle portion is flanged so as to provide a bottle cap remover.

The device is assembled by first passing; the cutting section through the slot and then turning the blade so as to position the od oi? the slot in the grooves 12 and 18 alter which the rivet 16 is riveted in place.

The end of the supporting member is pro vided with a punch 18 which is adapted to pierce the can top so as to provide a turning center, as is well known in this particular art. The other end of the member 5 is provided with a cap ren'ioving device 19 which forms no part of. the present invention, but which described and claimed in the before inentioi'ied patent.

ll'y tmiui11;; the cutting); blade as described, the cost of manufacture is materially less than where the blade is termed as a separate piece secured to a carrier. as hasheretofore been the customary practice. The construction sitibstantially more rugged and the durability of the tool is materially increased.

I claim:

A can opener having in combination a slotted supporting member, a one piece member including; a body section overlying one side (it said slotted supporting: member, one

end ot said bed 1 section bein bent at ri 'ht un les and ertendin throiurh said slot to m m .J

form a cutting section and provided with grooves for receiving the edges of said slot, the other end of said body section being bentoutwardly in an opposite direction to v said cutting section so as to form a handle and a rivet engaging said body section and extending through said slot so as to loosely JOHN C. FORSTER. 

